While we’re on the subject of zombies, it’s great to see once again that wingnuts are allowing Osama bin Laden to get inside their heads. After all, bin Laden himself would expect nothing less from them: All that we have mentioned has made it easy for us to provoke and bait this administration. All that […]
Month: September 2007
Funny enough, I suppose, but what are the chances that the Bush administration is really going to take charge of the zombie crisis? Snowball in hell, if you ask me.
Fred Thompson: Speaking in Sioux City, Iowa, moments ago, Fred Thompson endorsed an amendment to the Constitution that would prevent state judges from altering the definition of marriage without the d
Some good news out of Washington: Congress voted last night to get rid of the Global Gag Rule, which denies funding to all international organizations that “perform abortions in cases other than a threat to the woman’s life, rape or incest; provide counseling and referral for abortion; or lobby to make abortion legal or more […]
There are a couple more passages worth highlighting from Evgenia Peretz’s fine Vanity Fair article about the War on Gore. First, some of you may have seen this quote, but the wider the circulati
Brian Beutler has an intelligent intervention into the discussion surrounding Jon Chait’s new book. To add on a bit to his argument, I’d like to address this from McArdle: My quarrel is wi
From Warships: IFR: Other statements of intent last month regarding increasing naval capability included Admiral Masorin revealing that Russia is to create two new strike forces. They will be centred on three carriers each, with one trio assigned to the Northern Fleet, based in the Kola Peninsula, and the other to the Pacific. Pravda stated […]
From Defense News, a response to a new French defense white paper: The report draws some skepticism. “It’s interesting and no doubt well done, but I am unconvinced about the usefulness of
Pancreatic cancer — a disease I regard as proving either the indifference of the universe or the hostility of god — took him out. I can’t claim to have been a close follower of Pavar
Seems about right. Still, let there be no doubt than Fred Thompson and John McCain are figures of immense seriousity and gravitude.
Kenneth Waltz, via Travis Sharp: To say that militarily strong states are feeble because they cannot easily bring order to minor states is like saying that a pneumatic hammer is weak because it is not
John Judis has a rundown of the 2008 Senate races, noting that in the long run Warner leaving is a lot more important than Craig’s resignation. I agree that the Dems are very, very likely to win